Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

नश्यते नात्र संदेहो राजद्वारकृतं च यत् । सर्वकामसमृद्धात्मा सूर्यलोके महीयते

Transliteration

naśyate nātra saṃdeho rājadvārakṛtaṃ ca yat | sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā sūryaloke mahīyate

Translation

یہاں کوئی شک نہیں: بادشاہ کے دروازے پر کیا گیا گناہ بھی مٹ جاتا ہے۔ جس کا باطن تمام مرادوں کی دولت سے بھرپور ہو، وہ سورَی لوک میں معزز کیا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• naśyate: perishes/is destroyed
• naśyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (नश्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• rāja-dvāra-kṛtam: done at the royal gate
• rāja-dvāra-kṛtam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāja (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ (कृ) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध): 'राजद्वारे कृतम्' (done at the king's gate)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative)

• sarva-kāma-samṛddha-ātmā: one whose self is enriched with all desires (fulfilled)
• sarva-kāma-samṛddha-ātmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + samṛddha (कृदन्त; √ṛdh (ऋध्) सम् + क्त) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'सर्वकामैः समृद्धः आत्मा यस्य सः'

• sūrya-loke: in the world of the Sun
• sūrya-loke: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'सूर्यस्य लोकः'

• mahīyate: is honored/glorified
• mahīyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (मह्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the radiant sacred precinct; a symbolic ‘king’s gate’ behind him dissolves into light as dark stains of wrongdoing vanish; above, Sūrya-loka is depicted as a golden realm where the purified devotee is honored.

Characters & Entities

• Sūryaloka
• Rājadvāra (king’s gate/court)
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred power of the māhātmya purifies grave social/civic wrongs and elevates the devotee toward Sūrya’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arkasthala in Prabhāsakṣetra, whose glorification is linked with pāpa-kṣaya and Sūryaloka honor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; it continues the phalaśruti connected to praising/hearing the māhātmya.